Clothes drier



CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 22,5 l924 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEYS.

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ar t rrier LEWIS Gr. CAMPBELL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. ASSIGNQB TO THEPURITAN CABINET DRYER COMFANY, OF CINGINNATI, 01-110, A. COR-PDRATION 0EOHIO.

i; CLOTHES DRIER.

Application filed April 22, 192 1.

To all 107mm it wmg concern Be it known that I, LEWIS G. CAMPBELL, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in thecounty of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Clothes Driers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to cabinet receptacles for the drying of clothes inthe laundry and is especially designed for household use to furnish adrying receptacle which shall occupy very little space, shall be mostconvenient to operate at very little expense, and while manufactured ofsheet metal shall be provided with wooden racks to prevent contact ofthe clothes while wet and drying with any metal parts.

The invention consists of that certain novel construction andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter particularly pointed out andclaimed, whereby the above results are attained.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the drier opened for the reception ofthe clothes and broken away in parts to show the inner construction.

Figure 2 is a central vertical cross section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the drier closed.

The cabinet is preferably rectangular in section formed of a frameworkof angle iron corner pieces 1 with galvanized sheet metal sides 2, 3,back 4 and top 5, secured to the corner supports by riveting orotherwise to form a tight enclosure. The lower half of the front wall 6is alse secured permanently in place.

The bottom plate 7 for the receptacle is also of sheet metal, but spaces9 and 8 are left open preferably along the front and rear for theentrance of air.

The upper half of the front is closed by a sliding door 10 of sheetmetal which extends entirely across the front to give full access to theinterior of the cabinet when the door is open. The door is guided andslides in the front corner pieces and is suspended like a window bypulley cords 12, 12, which run over pulleys 13 at the corners Serial No.708,279.

and are attached to weights 1 1 to balance the complete access to theclothes racks upon which the clothes are hung without the ne ccssity ofpulling out the racks or opening of doors into the space of the room, sothat the entire space required in the laundry is that taken by thecabinet itself when closed.

The interior of the cabinet is heated by a gas burner 16 which extendsthe full width of the cabinet and is mounted through one of the sidewalls at the bottom immediately over the bottom plate 7. A pilot burner17 is also provided of short length alongside of the main burner 16which pilot is arranged to be ignited on the outside and to carry theflame inside to ignite the burner 16, and a sight opening 18 is providedin the end wall above the burner to permit view of the flame.

The burner openings do not extend to the end of the burner pipe, but arelocated a sufficient distance from the end walls so as not toexcessively heat the end walls of the drier.

Located over the burner 16 and extending from end wall to end wall is aplate 19, but of considerably less width than the bottom, so as to leavea comparatively wide radiating space both for the front and rear, andbetween this plate 19 and the burner flame is a baffle plate 20, whichat the front and rear is united to the plate 19, and which is closed atthe ends by the end walls of the cabinet, so as to leave a dead airspace between the baflie plate 20 and the plate 19. The baffle plate isdished upwardly down-the center, so as to contain the burner flame andpermit full radiation of heat at the front and rear of the plate 19.Located over the plate 19 is a wire mesh screen 25, which extends overthe entire space of the cabinet to prevent clothes or dirt dropping downinto the burner compartment.

For the suspension of the clothes, I provide wooden racks comprisingnotched side supports 26, 27, secured preferably diagonally from frontto rear upon which are mount ed wooden rods 28, which are rested at theends in the notches 29 so that they can be removed or replaced if anyrod is broken. The diagonal arrangement gives free, convenient accessfor the hanging and removal of the clothes, and as these racks are ofwood, there is no danger of staining or soiling the clothes by contactwith any metal.

To fill the cabinet the user pulls down the sliding door by the handle30, giving complete access to the interior. Along the top of the cabinetacross the front is aspring flange 31 so that when closed, a tightclosure is obtained, the top edge of the door coming in contact with theoverlapping flange.

The opening 33 for the flue pipe is placed in the middle of the top andthe heat rises up through the clothes on the racks, equally at front andrear and passes out through the middle of the compartment, thus giving avery effective circulation and permitting tlie cabinet being located inany convenient J ace.

I Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is 2- 1. In a clothes drier, the combinationwith.

a closed metallic casing with the upper portion of the front open acrossits entire extent, and a metallic door to close said opening. adapted toslide parallel with the front wall to open the casing for free access tothe upper portion thereof, a gas burner in the bottom of the casing,with a wooden rack relatively fixed in the upper portion of the casingfor the support of the clothes to be dried.

2. In a clothes drier, the combination with a closed metallic casingwith the upper portion of the front open across its entire extent and ametallic door to close said opening, adapted to slide parallel with thefront wall to open the casing for free access to the upper portionthereof, a gas burner in the bottom of the casing, with a wooden rackrelatively fixed in the upper portion of the casing for the support ofthe clothes to be dried, said rack comprising wooden end supportssecured to the casing, and a series casing for the support of theclothes to be dried, said rack comprising a pair of wooden end supportssecured to the casing at each side and arranged diagonally from front torear and a series of removable wooden rods supported by and extendingbetween said end supports.

4:. In a clothes drier, a casing with a burner to heat the same on theinside,v extending the width of the casing, and a cover plate mountedabove the burner to divide the chamber into a heating and a dryingcompartment, the cover plate extending from end wall to end wall of thecasing, with free openings along the sides of the cover plate at frontand rear of the cover plate for the passage of heat from the heating tothe drying compartment.

5. In a clothes drier, a casing with a burner to heat the same on theinside, ex tending the width of the casing, and a cover plate mountedabove the burner to divide the chamber into a heating and a dryingcompartment, the cover plate extending from end wall to end wall of thecasing, with free openings along the sides of the cover plate. at frontand rear of the cover plate for the passage of heat from the heating tothe drying compartment, and a baffle plate below the cover plate andfitted to same to form a dead-air space above the burner.

LEWIS Gr. CAMPBELL.

